The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-05-11
SANITATION ARMY,
"Harppy Bob" Uuder Sentence OF Death, Gives
Ills opinion oft.

Robert Van BFuut, lately Il prominent
member of the Salvation Army, is uNdrr !
sentence of death ut Rochester rOr the MUIR
der Of Young Roy. From an Interview Will
a reporter OF the Democrat this extract was
made:
cyan Brunt, you seem TO place little reti-
ance upon the final result OF this h0ped-tor
appeal to the higher courts, and you seem
to clearly realize that your life is nearly
ended, and that the dreadful event can ut
most he postponed but little. Now, with
these grave convictions in your miId, 1
wish YOU would tell nc something about
the true inwardncss of this Salvation Amy
to which you belonged
Van Brunt who is only twenty-ihrCC years
of age, mCditatcd Il moment eyed his lucS
toner curiously. aud then laughed Il bi; in
q perculiar manner TO himself.
II think" he said. after Il little, Il think
there arc q few good people yet i'll The army;
| mean people that really want to benefit
mankind, butt tell You most OF the soldiers,
and officers particularly, arc thinking more
of womankind, and the face OF tie mau,
who in due course of the LAW had less iInn
ten days before his death on tho gNllowS,
took on Il wicked lUcr, which startled exon
the experienced interviewer, who was men
tally, but none the less uucrringly UNDER
standing the testimony of one WHO &acW
that he was facing almost ccrlainlt not IN
mediate death.
II ought to know this &3ahl.artiGon Amy.
~continucdthc GQndvmued murderer, his le.l-
tale face a&ulng strange emphasis to his c,n,
did woYdS. Il ought to know them; have
DG&l there myself and the officers have
salkcd with me about it,
There is class Of young girls drawn ia.
TO the meetings" lie went on, "whO are
easily enough influenced by the officer,
and arc controlled by the officers and mcr,
for their own purposes and for bad purpose
and those are girls they arc after. don't
know as | can Just exactly describe the III.
1lucnCc they have ovcrthcm, but il just con.
trolls them, and lots OF them have this in
tlucncc." perhaps they mcSmcriT2thcm
quietly suggested the newspaper man.
Yes" said the slayer of Roy and the nttol
, of his sister, Il put il all down us some
thing like that"
you know this is the general character
Of these soldiers you associated with, then,
persisted the newspaper n
"IcS; ! know it from my OWN expert
l cncc, and | have talked it all over witt, IA,
l officers
) 81 imagine you mean your observation
,, not your personal experience.
I, Eyes; | mean my observation an
= again the mCanny, malicious CNprcSs.O'
stole over the features of the man, and Tx
I visitor did not regret that his diSagrCcuh.,
! task was nearly ended.
Ivan Brunt," said lie, "irom what yc'
know of this army, and from tic lo>iGu,
in which you HID yourself, what To yu
think of the general effect Of the pYactic,
of this Salvation Army
The witness was a competent one, and j
was the last question the interviewer ever
expected to address 10 Robert Van Bruut
and the answer came with rapidly thu
carried conviction with it:
81 told you some good people gct int,
, the Salvation Army, but the enthusiasm
4 wears of in W. or three weeks ana jiicl
get to be as bad as the rest. Ii the SALIVA
S ton Army altogether was swept from til,
earth it would be better; better for every
body"